{"id":2459,"date":"2026-03-11T12:32:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sebastien-auziere.fr\/blog\/?p=2459"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:34:22","slug":"brigitte-macron-and-emmanuel-macron-history-of-the-presidential-couple-biography-and-news-2025-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sebastien-auziere.fr\/blog\/en\/brigitte-macron-and-emmanuel-macron-history-of-the-presidential-couple-biography-and-news-2025-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Brigitte Macron and Emmanuel Macron: history of the presidential couple, biography and news 2025-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brigitte Macron<\/strong>, born on April 13, 1953 in Amiens, and Emmanuel Macron<\/strong>, born on December 21, 1977 in Amiens, have formed since 2007 one of the most scrutinized couples in the French Republic. Their story, which began in 1993 in a theater workshop at La Providence high school in Amiens when she was his teacher and he was 15 years old, has traversed thirty years of controversies, rumors, and attacks before establishing itself as one of the most solid love stories in French political life. Brigitte Macron’s age in 2026: 72 years.<\/strong> Emmanuel Macron’s age in 2026: 48 years.<\/strong> Age gap: 24 years.<\/strong> Their latest significant news: the cyberbullying trial<\/strong> (10 convictions, up to 6 months in prison, January 2026), the lawsuit against Candace Owens<\/strong> in the United States (July 2025), the viral video in Hanoi (May 2025), and the commitments of the First Lady against school bullying.<\/p>\n

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  1. Brigitte Macron: biography, family, origins<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Emmanuel Macron: career path, presidency<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. How Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron met<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Their marriage and life as a couple at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Brigitte Macron, First Lady: role and commitments<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Controversies and rumors surrounding the couple<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. The cyberbullying trial: transgender rumor and convictions 2026<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. The lawsuit against Candace Owens in the United States<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. News of the presidential couple in 2025 and 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Brigitte Macron: biography, family, origins<\/h2>\n

    Brigitte Marie-Claude Trogneux was born on April 13, 1953 in Amiens<\/strong>, in the Pas-de-Calais. She is the youngest of six children<\/strong> of Simone (n\u00e9e Pujol) and Jean Trogneux, heirs of a family of chocolatiers settled in Amiens for several generations. The Jean Trogneux chocolaterie, founded in the 19th century, is now run by the fifth generation of the family. Brigitte grew up in a bourgeois environment, Catholic and well-established in the social life of Amiens.<\/p>\n

    After studying in Catholic institutions, she obtained a master\u2019s degree in modern literature<\/strong> and a CAPES in modern literature<\/strong>. She began her teaching career in Paris, then in Strasbourg at Lucie-Berger college. In 1991, she joined La Providence high school in Amiens<\/strong>, where she taught French and Latin until 2007, before continuing at Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague high school in Paris until 2015, the year she stopped teaching to support her husband’s presidential campaign.<\/p>\n

    In June 1974, at the age of 21, she married banker Andr\u00e9-Louis Auzi\u00e8re<\/strong>. The couple has three children: S\u00e9bastien<\/strong> (1975, engineer), Laurence<\/strong> (1977, cardiologist \u2014 who was in the same class as Emmanuel Macron in high school), and Tiphaine<\/strong> (1984, lawyer). The divorce from Andr\u00e9-Louis Auzi\u00e8re was pronounced on January 26, 2006. He passed away on December 24, 2019, at Georges-Pompidou hospital in Paris.<\/p>\n

    Emmanuel Macron: career path, presidency<\/h2>\n

    Emmanuel Jean-Michel Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Macron was born on December 21, 1977 in Amiens<\/strong>. The son of Jean-Michel Macron, a neurology professor, and Fran\u00e7oise Nogu\u00e8s, a doctor, he is the eldest of three children. A brilliant student, he attended La Providence high school in Amiens, then Henri-IV high school in Paris where his parents sent him after their concern about his developing relationship with his teacher Brigitte Trogneux.<\/p>\n

    He attended Sciences Po Paris, then the National School of Administration (ENA)<\/strong>, from which he graduated in the L\u00e9opold S\u00e9dar Senghor promotion (2004). He began his career as a financial inspector<\/strong>, before joining Rothschild Bank<\/strong> in 2008, where he became a managing partner. He was appointed Deputy Secretary General of the \u00c9lys\u00e9e<\/strong> in 2012 under Fran\u00e7ois Hollande, then Minister of Economy<\/strong> from 2014 to 2016. He founded the En Marche!<\/strong> movement (later La R\u00e9publique En Marche, then Renaissance) in April 2016 and was elected President of the Republic on May 7, 2017<\/strong> in the second round against Marine Le Pen, becoming at 39 the youngest president of the Fifth Republic. He was re-elected on April 24, 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    How Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron met<\/h2>\n

    It all began in 1993 at La Providence high school in Amiens<\/strong>. Brigitte Trogneux, then 39 years old, teaches French and Latin. She also leads a theater workshop<\/strong> open to students. Emmanuel Macron, 15 years old, a sophomore, joins this workshop. The two work together to adapt a play by the Italian author Eduardo De Filippo, The Art of Comedy<\/em> (1964). This artistic collaboration intensifies their relationship.<\/p>\n

    \u201cIn the end, love was stronger than anything, and I ended up divorcing. I couldn’t help it.\u201d \u2014 Brigitte Macron.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Worried about this relationship between their minor son and a married woman 24 years his senior, Emmanuel Macron’s parents transferred him to Henri-IV high school in Paris to complete his baccalaureate. Before leaving, Emmanuel Macron tells her he will return and marry her. The relationship continues long-distance through regular correspondence. In 1994, Andr\u00e9-Louis Auzi\u00e8re leaves the family home in Amiens. Brigitte’s divorce is only pronounced in January 2006<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Trogneux marry on October 20, 2007 in Touquet-Paris-Plage<\/strong>. At that date, he is 29 years old, and she is 54. The ceremony is simple and intimate.<\/p>\n

    Their marriage and life as a couple at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e<\/h2>\n

    The marriage of Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron, celebrated in 2007 in private, precedes their arrival at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e by ten years. During these ten years, Brigitte continues to teach \u2014 first in Amiens, then at Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague high school in Paris \u2014 while Emmanuel Macron climbs the ranks of the civil service and the finance world.<\/p>\n

    Their arrival at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace in May 2017 disrupts the couple’s life. For the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic, a charter of transparency concerning the status of the spouse of the head of state<\/strong> was published in August 2017, defining Brigitte Macron’s role and the resources allocated to her without granting her an official legal status.<\/p>\n

    Brigitte Macron has never liked the title \u201cFirst Lady.\u201d In an interview with the magazine Elle<\/em> in August 2017, she stated that she does not feel \u201cfirst, last, or a lady\u201d<\/em> and asserts that she wants to remain \u201crooted in reality\u201d<\/em>. She emphasizes that the French elected Emmanuel, not her, while recognizing that the couple is a reality known to voters.<\/p>\n

    Brigitte Macron has offices at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e<\/strong> and has a team of collaborators funded by the state. She regularly accompanies the president on his official trips in France and abroad. The couple is often photographed together at official events, displaying a clear companionship.<\/p>\n

    Brigitte Macron, First Lady: role and commitments<\/h2>\n

    Upon her arrival at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e, Brigitte Macron chose to build her agenda based on the letters sent by the French<\/strong>. Her main commitments are organized around three axes:<\/p>\n